After the Rio Grande ultimately joined Amtrak in 1983, its three famous F units served the winter of 1984 on the Ski Train. Afterwards, they spent their final days in ballast
work train service ... (more)
Railfanning can be a solitary, misunderstood, and frustrating hobby. It can also be extremely rewarding with good companionship, wonderful scenery, and great photographic rewards. Those days that ... (more)
New Union Pacific EMD SD70M No. 4271 leads three Rio Grande SD40T-2s as power on UP MDVRO west arcing into the setting sun of January 6, 2001, at Crescent, Colorado.
The calendar says spring, but the weather says winter at Crescent, Colorado, on April 23, 1999. Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies through a snowy wonderlan... (more)
With a rainbow barely visible on the left hand side of the picture, BNSF 759 still in Warbonnet paint leads a CSXT GE and an ex Soo Line SD60 Westbound.